On Sunday General Martin Agwai, the UN military commander in Sudan, declared the war in Darfur officially “over”. The accuracy of this statement can only be verified over the next few months, but if he is right that the six-year conflict that left over 300,000 dead has been reduced to just some low-level disputes, then a big question looms in the near future: how can we best serve justice to the perpetrators of the genocide?

“Sir, let me talk to you about my daughter. She is very good. Very pretty. See the picture.” A crinkled photo emerges from deep inside a pocket. “And,” he says quietly, almost a whisper, “she’s a virgin.”

This past week, two Norwegian men were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for allegedly killing their personal driver. Despite some very vocal concerns by international groups about the fairness of their trial, there is some pretty damning evidence for the two. This includes testimony of many eyewitnesses